Dr. Audrey Whitty:

On that point, we in the IMA would look at advocating an extension of the State insurance scheme to museums in receipt of public funding to enable that mobility of collections. It would provide relief for smaller museums for whom that represents a major percentage of annual running costs. There are very good international examples across a number of EU countries such as Denmark, Italy and Sweden. It would be worth using the ICOM report, entitled State Indemnity Schemes, as a template for Ireland. ICOM is the International Council of Museums under UNESCO.